Dear Klaus
yes - excellent point
keith
>>> Klaus Krippendorff <[log in to unmask]> 09/30/08 4:19 AM >>>
good point,
keith,
but beware, it is not one that favors semiotics. a better explanation of
the difference is in terms of the operations enabled. if the drawing of a
ship is sufficiently detailed and sound, a ship could be eventually been
build. this doesn't mean the drawing represents the ship
klaus
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Dear Gavin
there is also, of course, the fallacy of the etymological fallacy - which is
a little more complicated in that is pretends that meaning exists as the
aggregate of uses. Teasing out meanings is a conceptual skill like drawing -
we all know that a drawing of a ship is not a ship - equally we all know
that a teasing out of a meaning is not THE meaning.
cheers
keith russell
OZ Newcastle
>>> Gavin Melles <[log in to unmask]> 09/29/08 8:31 PM >>>
Hi Terry and the list
I;ve noticed a penchant for quoting dictionary meanings, sometimes
historical, of dubious relevance to current polysemy of most terms and also
dubious relevance to the discussion in hand. The etymological fallacy is a
common disease
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymological_fallacy
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